# hiding

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈhaɪdɪŋ/ · frequency rank #4,161

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of hide

## Etymology
See hide (Etymology 1)

## Easily confused with
- **hing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hiding-vs-hing)
- **hoping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hiding-vs-hoping)
- **hiring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hiding-vs-hiring)
- **hiking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hiding-vs-hiking)
- **homing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hiding-vs-homing)
- **honing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hiding-vs-honing)
- **hyping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hiding-vs-hyping)
- **holding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hiding-vs-holding)
- **hitting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hiding-vs-hitting)
- **hinting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hiding-vs-hinting)
- **hissing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hiding-vs-hissing)
- **having** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/having-vs-hiding)
- **hating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hating-vs-hiding)
- **hazing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hazing-vs-hiding)
- **heading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heading-vs-hiding)
- **handing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handing-vs-hiding)
- **Harding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harding-vs-hiding)
- **hailing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hailing-vs-hiding)
- **hedging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hedging-vs-hiding)
- **herding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herding-vs-hiding)

## Common misspellings (9)
`hdiing`, `hhiding`, `hidding`, `hidign`, `hidingg`, `hidinng`, `hidnig`, `hiidng`, `ihding`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/hiding